Do your very best to be found living at your best. — 2 Peter 3:14 MSG Everything that we have — right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start — comes from God by way of Jesus Christ. — 1 Corinthians 1:30 MSG Everything was created through Him; nothing — not one thing! — came into being without Him. What came into existence was Life, and the Life was Light to live by. — John 1:4 MSG This is how we know we're living steadily and deeply in Him, and He in us: He's given us life from His life, from His very own Spirit. — 1 John 4:13 MSG Your old life is dead. Your new life, which is your real life — even though invisible to spectators — is with Christ in God. He is your life. — Colossians 3:4 MSG This is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever has the Son has life. — 1 John 5:11–12 My response is to get down on my knees before the Father, this magnificent Father who parcels out all Heaven and earth. I ask Him to strengthen you by His Spirit... that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite Him in. And I ask Him that with both feet planted firmly on love, you'll be able to take in with all followers of Jesus the extravagant dimensions of Christ's love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God. — Ephesians 3:14–19 MSG We call her "the woman at the well" because we don't know her name. But Jesus did. And John 4 tells us that after she met Jesus, she was never the same. She'd spent her entire life looking for love in all the wrong places, trying to find it in one failed relationship after another, so many that it was a scandal. Everyone knew her story — or thought they knew — and gossiped about it. She was desperate for a sense of purpose, something to give her life meaning. But nothing — and no one — could satisfy the deep hunger inside. Nothing and no one had ever been able to quench her thirst. No one but Jesus. |
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Rise up and learn how to live an abundant life! |
Rise up and learn how to live an abundant life! |
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When He met her at the well, He asked her for a drink and then offered her something so much more: living water. "Those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again," He explained. "It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life." — v. 14 He gives us His life — His Spirit — to live in us, to fill all our empty places, to fill our hunger, and to quench our thirst. His life strengthens us, energizes us, empowers us to live life more fully than we could ever have imagined. In John 10:10, He calls it a rich and satisfying life — a better life — an abundant life (ESV) that is full to overflowing! This life is nothing we earn — nothing we work for or strive for or somehow prove ourselves worthy or deserving of. We couldn't earn it, even if we tried! When you open your hand, you satisfy the hunger and thirst of every living thing. — Psalm 145:16 It's a gift. So, what we do is receive it. Open it up, so to speak — explore it, embrace it — with an open mind, open heart, and willing spirit. Rise up and learn how to live an abundant life! |
Excerpted with permission from Rise and Renew by Candace Cameron Bure, copyright Candace Cameron Bure. * |
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Jesus can satisfy your thirst. No matter what your history is. No matter what your life looks like right now. Jesus can give you a rich and satisfying life starting now. Rise up and learn from Him! ~ Devotionals Daily |
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A 30-Day Devotional to Heal a Hurting Heart, Overcome Emotional Pain, and Grow in Your Faith – Interactive Devotions with Bible Verses, Guided Questions, and Creative Exercises |
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Renew your strength and move beyond your faults and failures as you step into God's healing love. What if our brokenness didn't define us? What if we could get beyond it somehow— let go of the past, with its failures and mistakes, let go of the pain—and rise above it? At one time or another, we've all had to come face to face with defeat. We look around us, we look in our own mirrors, and we find we consistently come up short. We battle feelings of guilt, failure, frustration, unworthiness, hopelessness, and despair. But take heart! God loves you just as you are—in all your brokenness. And even better? He also loves you too much to leave you this way. He has something better for you: redemption, hope, and healing. God calls you to rise and renew. The Bible tells us God gives us "a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair" (Isaiah 61:3 NIV). |
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Join author and actress Candace Cameron Bure for a 30-day journey through this timeless and essential, but so easily forgotten, truth. Each entry in Rise and Renew includes: - A Scripture passage for every day that addresses what it means to live a life made new
- Stories of personal experiences and real-life moments when Candace leaned on Jesus for help, hope, and healing, to remind you that God wants to help and heal you too
- Insightful questions to ask yourself about where you are, how you're feeling, and who you are becoming
- Interactive activities and exercises such as filling in a list or adding to a chart—all ways to help you find a fresh, new perspective on the topic at hand
Rise and Renew will help guide you along the path as you begin this life-changing journey. You can be redeemed. You can be made new. You can rise and renew. |
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